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Odds On Mr Mamba and Al Papi will lead the field in next Saturday’s $420,000 Grade 1 Delvin Miller Adios final, presented by 1ST/BET, at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows after they won their respective $25,000 eliminations for 3-year-old pacers on Saturday afternoon. North America Cup champion Odds On Mr Mamba and driver James MacDonald won the first elimination on the front-end in 1:49.3. After showing speed from post six, the supplemental entrant cleared filly Loua Dipa and Frantic Hanover before the 26.1 quarter went on the board. From there, Odds On Mr Mamba kept command to the half in 54.4 and the three-quarters in 1:22.1 as Loua Dipa waited in the two-hole until Wrenn Jr. guided her to the outside on the final bend. Loua Dipa was unable to make headway on the pace-setter after she pulled, though, and although Frantic Hanover had a better kick from the three-hole, he couldn’t get by Odds On Mr Mamba, who held sway to win by a neck in a 1:49.3 mile. Treacherous Lou closed well after an inside trip to get past Loua Dipa for third at odds of 75-1. They were followed by Another C Note, who would make the final as the fifth-place finisher from the two eliminations with the higher lifetime earnings.

Al Papi came up just a fifth of a second short of his sire Papi Rob Hanover’s track, stakes and world record with a 1:47 2/5 triumph for Gingras in the second elimination. No Waitlist, another supplemental entrant, shot through from post one to cut a crisp opening-half of 25.3 and 54.1, but Al Papi was flushed out of third just past the half by Sweet Lovin Lou. Once he was fed racetrack, Al Papi paced up to and around No Waitlist prior to the 1:20.3 three-quarters as Sweet Lovin Lou tracked Al Papi before he dropped into the pocket. In the stretch Al Papi remained clear and his 26.4 final quarter slammed the door on a two length victory. Melillo, who got shuffled from the pocket after Al Papi took the lead, was able to move out to get by the tiring No Waitlist before he dropped back in on the far turn, then finished with interest to come in second over Sweet Lovin Lou. Toast Of The Town was unable to keep up in the cover flow but did secure a berth in the final by finishing fourth.

Post time for next Saturday’s program, led by the 60th edition of the Delvin Miller Adios, will be 11:30 am. Trainer Ron Burke will send out five horses in the final. The Adios Day program will also feature a stakes-filled undercard, highlighted by the Mickey Burke Sr. Adioo Volo, the companion event to the Adios, which attracts many of the nation’s top 3-year-old pacing fillies.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleveland Guardians scheduled for Friday night has been postponed due to air quality concerns because of wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota. Friday’s game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Saturday with both games on WJPA-AM (1450). Game one will air at 12:45 pm. The broadcast for Game two will begin at 6:45 pm.

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau has been given a two-shot penalty after his second round at the British Open. That has dropped the American star out of the final group and raised initial doubts about his continued involvement at Royal Birkdale. It was a dramatic late Friday evening development after he shot a 4-under 66. DeChambeau was taken back out to the course and specifically to the fifth hole where footage taken during his round showed him stomping around in high grass to the right of the fairway trying to figure out his shot. DeChambeau was seen in a lengthy, heated exchange with rules officials. He was deemed to have inadvertently improved the area of his intended swing. The two-shot penalty turned his score to a 68.

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s unclear how much, if at all, smoke from Canadian wildfires will affect the World Cup final between Argentina and Spain on Sunday. Conditions improved in the New York City area and northern New Jersey on Friday after the air quality was hazardous on Thursday. Rain expected Saturday and the uncertainty about how much smoke will follow is clouding the forecast for kickoff, which is scheduled for 3 p.m. Eastern time in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Spain’s Mikel Merino says he and his teammates notice the smoke while outside but are being careful and trying to focus on the game.

The NFL has suspended Arizona Cardinals personnel executive Ryan Gold indefinitely for violating the league’s gambling policy. The league said Friday that its investigation determined that Gold provided confidential, non-public inside information regarding 2026 draft selections by the Cardinals before the picks were announced, and Gold also participated in parlay bets on NFL and college games. The league didn’t say who Gold had provided with the information. Gold, who is in his 13th season with the Cardinals, was promoted to director of college scouting in June 2025.